But if he believes he can manage a licence bureau better, he must convince those within the bureaucratic channels.

The message had been long delayed, tangled through bureaucratic channels.

He attempts, hopelessly, to go through the Byzantine bureaucratic channels to deal with her disappearance, but finally takes matters into his own hands.

The government has reduced the bureaucratic channels and issues investment permits for foreign nationals in less than seven days.

Now on its third run through bureaucratic channels, the disputed plan won endorsement by Community Board 13 last month.

"There is no bureaucratic channel," General Muhammad said of the $500,000 in accelerated money.

It is the developer's third attempt since the mid-1980's to push the project through bureaucratic channels.

Several Red Cross officials said it was unusual for the board to re-examine the program, since revisions to it had already gone through the usual bureaucratic channels.

Too often, it seems the funds disappear into bureaucratic channels, or pockets.

Officer Price, feeling that he had exhausted all appropriate bureaucratic channels, said he did not know where to turn.